Swan Lake - Matthew Bourne
- Composer:
- Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Management:
- Back Row Productions UK Ltd, Sadler's Wells and New Adventures
- Cast:
- Christopher Marney (London Only), Dominic North, Sam Archer, Richard Winsor, Jonathan Ollivier, Nina Goldman, Charlotte Broom, Scott Ambler, Steve Kirkham, Madelaine Brennan, Kerry Biggin, Ashley Bain, Tim Bartlett, Ben Bunce, Arielle Campbell, Tom Clark, Travis Clausen-Knight, Daniel Collins, Gavin Eden, Pia Driver, Ross Fountain, Philip Jack Gardner, Scott Jennings, Jack Jones, Simon Karaiskos, Daisy May Kemp, Franklyn Lee, Katy Lowenhoff, Luke Murphy, Gemma Payne, Gavin Persand, Sam Plant, Danny Reubens, Anwar Russell, Ashley Shaw, Paul Smethurst, Christopher Trenfield, Vince Virr, Chloe Wilkinson, Shelby Williams
- Director:
- Matthew Bourne, who also choreographs
- Design:
- Lez Brotherston, also costumes
- Lighting:
- Rick Fisher
- Website:
- click here
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Search Amazon for Swan Lake - Matthew Bourne items Search for tickets at TicketmasterFor someone familiar with the plotline of the traditional Swan Lake, it shouldn't be hard to follow Matthew Bourne's contemporary adaptation. Unfortunately, it is. Despite the tight choreography and clearly articulated gestures, the demarcation of good and evil is oddly blurred, while none of the characters, save perhaps the Prince, are particularly sympathetic. The sorry result of this is that when the Swan - danced with ferocious and absorbing intensity by Richard Winsor - meets a violent end, we are not entirely sure whether he deserves it...
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